Population in Lesotho compared to Saint Vincent: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and Saint Vincent: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Saint Vincent	Lesotho	Saint Vincent
1960	736,500	84,388	-	-
1961	758,824	85,870	3.03%	1.76%
1962	781,814	87,236	3.03%	1.59%
1963	805,373	88,523	3.01%	1.48%
1964	829,437	89,749	2.99%	1.38%
1965	854,090	90,927	2.97%	1.31%
1966	881,870	92,052	3.25%	1.24%
1967	913,982	93,124	3.64%	1.16%
1968	948,105	94,123	3.73%	1.07%
1969	983,202	95,058	3.7%	0.99%
1970	1,019,273	95,964	3.67%	0.95%
1971	1,056,246	96,872	3.63%	0.95%
1972	1,094,063	97,790	3.58%	0.95%
1973	1,132,697	98,691	3.53%	0.92%
1974	1,172,420	99,556	3.51%	0.88%
1975	1,213,643	100,387	3.52%	0.83%
1976	1,253,214	101,197	3.26%	0.81%
1977	1,289,967	101,999	2.93%	0.79%
1978	1,327,240	102,775	2.89%	0.76%
1979	1,366,169	103,478	2.93%	0.68%
1980	1,406,521	104,213	2.95%	0.71%
1981	1,448,069	105,073	2.95%	0.83%
1982	1,490,732	105,969	2.95%	0.85%
1983	1,534,413	106,838	2.93%	0.82%
1984	1,578,986	107,687	2.9%	0.79%
1985	1,624,379	108,506	2.87%	0.76%
1986	1,666,138	109,281	2.57%	0.71%
1987	1,703,390	110,001	2.24%	0.66%
1988	1,739,841	110,658	2.14%	0.6%
1989	1,775,436	111,272	2.05%	0.55%
1990	1,809,696	111,812	1.93%	0.49%
1991	1,842,379	112,222	1.81%	0.37%
1992	1,873,274	112,509	1.68%	0.26%
1993	1,901,793	112,735	1.52%	0.2%
1994	1,927,707	112,918	1.36%	0.16%
1995	1,951,437	113,047	1.23%	0.11%
1996	1,972,418	113,119	1.08%	0.06%
1997	1,988,130	113,141	0.8%	0.02%
1998	1,998,049	113,180	0.5%	0.03%
1999	2,003,234	113,366	0.26%	0.16%
2000	2,003,913	113,545	0.03%	0.16%
2001	2,000,853	113,501	-0.15%	-0.04%
2002	1,994,679	113,347	-0.31%	-0.14%
2003	1,985,059	113,141	-0.48%	-0.18%
2004	1,971,129	112,835	-0.7%	-0.27%
2005	1,953,076	112,450	-0.92%	-0.34%
2006	1,945,063	112,014	-0.41%	-0.39%
2007	1,953,268	111,531	0.42%	-0.43%
2008	1,966,541	111,028	0.68%	-0.45%
2009	1,980,883	110,508	0.73%	-0.47%
2010	1,996,251	109,959	0.78%	-0.5%
2011	2,014,009	109,349	0.89%	-0.55%
2012	2,034,354	108,736	1.01%	-0.56%
2013	2,056,504	108,135	1.09%	-0.55%
2014	2,080,089	107,535	1.15%	-0.55%
2015	2,104,611	106,960	1.18%	-0.53%
2016	2,130,422	106,349	1.23%	-0.57%
2017	2,157,110	105,663	1.25%	-0.65%
2018	2,183,603	104,926	1.23%	-0.7%
2019	2,209,405	104,167	1.18%	-0.72%
2020	2,235,727	103,526	1.19%	-0.62%
2021	2,261,542	102,841	1.15%	-0.66%
2022	2,286,110	102,046	1.09%	-0.77%
2023	2,311,472	101,323	1.11%	-0.71%
2024	2,337,423	100,616	1.12%	-0.7%
2025	2,363,324	99,920	1.11%	-0.69%
2026	2,389,334	99,240	1.1%	-0.68%
2027	2,415,365	98,588	1.09%	-0.66%
2028	2,441,435	97,985	1.08%	-0.61%
2029	2,467,677	97,407	1.07%	-0.59%
2030	2,493,816	96,851	1.06%	-0.57%
2031	2,520,014	96,335	1.05%	-0.53%
2032	2,546,489	95,828	1.05%	-0.53%
2033	2,573,106	95,358	1.05%	-0.49%
2034	2,599,777	94,912	1.04%	-0.47%
2035	2,626,560	94,483	1.03%	-0.45%
2036	2,653,503	94,073	1.03%	-0.43%
2037	2,680,081	93,697	1%	-0.4%
2038	2,706,197	93,336	0.97%	-0.39%
2039	2,732,138	92,983	0.96%	-0.38%
2040	2,757,868	92,646	0.94%	-0.36%
2041	2,783,361	92,327	0.92%	-0.34%
2042	2,808,538	91,991	0.9%	-0.36%
2043	2,833,257	91,640	0.88%	-0.38%
2044	2,857,499	91,305	0.86%	-0.37%
2045	2,881,333	90,952	0.83%	-0.39%
2046	2,904,780	90,573	0.81%	-0.42%
2047	2,927,859	90,175	0.79%	-0.44%
2048	2,950,411	89,769	0.77%	-0.45%
2049	2,972,156	89,362	0.74%	-0.45%
2050	2,993,080	88,939	0.7%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Saint Vincent lost 5,490 people (a 4.88% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Saint Vincent's population decreased by -7,040 (a 6.58% decline).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Saint Vincent was ranked 180th in 2005 and ranked 184th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Lesotho's population will grow by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people with a rank change from 144th to 141st. The population of Saint Vincent will decrease by 11% to 88,939 people and rank change from 184th to 186th.